The attraction of birdwatching

Part 3.- For questions 17-24, read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. There is an example at the beginning (0).

 

The attraction of birdwatching

 

When asked to explain their (0) FASCINATION (FASCINATE) with their hobby, some birdwatchers might mention the simple (17)_________(PLEASURE) of getting out and walking in woods and noting what birds you come across. But the authors of a highly (18)_________(ENTERTAIN) new book, The Attraction of Bird Watching, describe a particularly thrilling occasion when they were (19)__________(DESPAIR) to see an extremely rare visitor to the shores of Maine in the USA. They compare the (20)_________(EXCITE) of preparing and researching for this expedition to that of extreme surfers, who eagerly chase the big wave, wherever it might occur. There is the same sense of anticipation, the (21)_________(CARE) checking of internet sightings and (22)________(REFER) guides, and above all the sense of having to be ready for (23)__________(SOME) that might appear only very briefly, if indeed it appears at all. The authors attempt to give an (24)_________(EXPLAIN) for this feeling, and speculate that it is perhaps a throwback to what primitive hunters would have felt.